Pokémon Details

Punches in corkscrew fashion. It can punch its way through a concrete wall in the same way as a drill.

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Locations: When you complete the Saffron City Fighting Dojo, you are asked to choose between Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan. You can only get one of the two. However, you can also win Hitmonchan by completing the Gym Leader Castle in Pokemon Stadium.

This Pokémon naturally learns the following techniques:

LV 01 - Comet PunchLV 01 - AgilityLV 33 - Fire Punch

LV 38 - Ice PunchLV 43 - Thunder Punch

LV 48 - Mega PunchLV 53 - Counter

Tips: Hitmonchan is a good choice if you're looking for a reliable Fighting type (if there is such a thing), but he's not quite as well-balanced as Hitmonlee. Hitmonchan may have better Defense and slightly better Special stats, but Hitmonlee beats his counterpart in HP, Attack, Speed and techniques. Although Hitmonchan doesn't have many good Fighting techniques to show for (he only learns Counter naturally and can be taught Submission from TM 17), he does have an interesting lineup of attacks. Letting Hitmonchan learn Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch and/or Mega Punch can help make your Pokemon totally unpredictable. Your opponents will not know if you have the ability to strike down their Water type with a Thunder Punch, or if you want for Fire and Ice instead.

When using a Fighting Pokemon like Hitmonchan, watch out that your opponent doesn't have any Psychic or Flying attacks -- otherwise the battle is over rather quickly. Use Hitmonchan against Normal, Ice or Rock Pokemon for best effect. Note that Hitmonchan also has strong defenses against Bug types, but its Fighting techniques don't do much damage against bugs. The rules change a bit if you concentrate on teaching Hitmonchan the "elemental punch" attacks like Fire Punch and Thunder Punch. Suddenly, you can be very forceful against Bugs, Grass, Water types, etc. On the other hand, if you're going up against Hitmonchan, use a Flying or Psychic Pokemon, or any non-Normal type that knows Psychic techniques.